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70710-0007 - Japanese Prostitutes in Yoshiwara, Tokyo

Tokyo 1910s
Yoshiwara Prostitutes

Artist	Unknown
Publisher	Marukiya
Medium	Postcard
Period	Meiji
Location	Tokyo
Image No.	70710-0007
Purchase	Digital File
Author	Kjeld Duits

Japanese prostitutes in a beautifully decorated room in the Yukaku (red light district) of Yoshiwara in Tokyo.

For more information on Yoshiwara, see Tokyo 1910s • Yoshiwara Prostitutes.

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As it is unclear at which brothel this photo was shot, the Google Map below shows the location of the former entrance gate, the Omon (大門), located in current-day Senzoku 4-chome, Taito-ku (台東区千束4丁目).

Published June 15, 2008
Updated December 8, 2021 1:57 AM

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Reference for Citations

Duits, Kjeld (December 8, 2021). Tokyo 1910s: Yoshiwara Prostitutes, OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN. Retrieved on May 24, 2026 (GMT) from https://www.oldphotosjapan.com/photos/270/yoshiwara-prostitutes-2

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